My Restaurant Rules
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My Restaurant Rules is an Australian reality television series that airs on the Seven Network. The series pits five couples from each Australian capital city (with the exception of Hobart, Darwin, and Canberra) to compete against each other in opening a successful restaurant. The format also airs in the Netherlands and Belgium.
In initial episodes of the show the couples are given a vacated restaurant space in their home city that must be renovated. They also compete for additional money that can be used for renovation from a judging panel based on presentation of their mission statement and plan for their proposed restaurant. The judges also make further appearances later on in the series in both critiquing the restaurants and offering rewards to the contestants.
After a number of weeks the elimination process begins in which the restaurants (and their owners) are reviewed and judged for nomination. The nominated restaurants then compete for votes from a phone poll, with the victor moving on and the loser being forced to shut down. This process continues until a single competing restaurant remains.
Despite the process of elimination that sees almost all competing restaurants shut down, it is interesting to note that every single restaurant featured in the programme was successful and operated in the black. This may be because of the exposure the restaurants are given via the show. Moreover, some eliminated restaurants managed to re-open at new locations.
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[edit] Series One
The first series of My Restaurant Rules aired in 2004 and featured the following restaurants and couples:
- Nick & Emily - The Red Sea, Adelaide
- Simon & Nathalie - My Little Kitchen, Brisbane
- Peter & Tayissa - The Seven Stones, Melbourne
- Ashley & Amanda - Room Nineteen, Perth
- Sam & Catherine - Cucina Vera, Sydney
In the series finale, Perth's "Room Nineteen" and owners Ash and Amanda were declared the winners, beating Peter and Tayissa of Melbourne's "The Seven Stones".
This series was hosted by Curtis Stone.
[edit] Series Two
The second series of My Restaurant Rules aired in 2005 and initially featured the following restaurants and couples:
- John & Justine - The Greedy Goose, Adelaide
- Todd & Francesca - Restaurant Louvre, Brisbane
- Dan & Rob - Two Words, Melbourne
- Andre & Sandy - Mint Leaf, Perth
- Evan & Bella - Pink Salt, Sydney
- Nathan & Georgia - Whisk, Melbourne (Latter Contestants)
Later, Dan and Rob were eliminated, surrendering their restaurant to new contestants, Nathan and Georgia, who renamed the restaurant "Whisk". In the series finale, Adelaide's "The Greedy Goose" [1] and owners John and Justine were declared the winners, beating Evan and Bella of Sydney's "Pink Salt". Despite Sydney's defeat, they opened a new restaurant (under the same name) on 22 March 2006, at a new location in Double Bay from the original suburb of Manly, and were featured as one of the best restaurants in Australia [2] [3]. The new restaurant also includes a cocktail bar and is currently having more success than it did on the television series.
In 2006, this series has aired in New Zealand on TV2 at weeknights on a pre-primetime slot (5:30PM), compared to the first series where it aired in a daytime slot.
This series was hosted by former Australian Idol judge Ian "Dicko" Dickson, who replaced series one host Curtis Stone.
[edit] Series Three
In late 2005 Seven announced in their Seven In 2006 brief on Seven Corporate that they are developing new episodes of My Restaurant Rules to broadcast sometime in 2006. However, as of August 2006 nothing has been made concrete, with host Dickson currently hosting another reality program on Seven, Celebrity Survivor.
